Evangelhouse Christian Academy

Age Groups :: Teens

Gender :: Female

Evangelhouse® Christian Academy is a boutique, twenty-bed therapeutic boarding school for young women attending 6th through 12th grades in St. Martinville, LA. Established in 1995, the academy offers a unique integration of Joint Commission® accredited behavioral healthcare in a non-denominational Christian environment. The school's DBT and EMDR therapy are ideal to treat students who struggle with:

☀️ emotional distress
☀️ self-harm behaviors
☀️ depression
☀️ anxiety
☀️ social problems
☀️ technology and social media misuse
☀️and so much more.

Please read the facts about our program and visit the website or call for more information.

General Information

Participant Age Group(s)

Teens

Organization's Name

Evangelhouse Christian Academy

Director of Admissions

Jon Flowers

Admissions: Rolling or scheduled?

Rolling admissions

Admissions

Does the program have more than one location for this particular program?

How does the program prevent clients/students/patients from leaving (running) from the program?

Clients are ALWAYS in "Line-of-Sight" with staff

Average Length of Stay

Maximum Age of Participants

Minimum Age of Participants

Location of Program

Rural

Gender(s)

Female

What is the average number of clients you see per year?

Link to weekly or daily schedule

http://www.evangelhouse.com/services

Only accepts participants who are voluntarily enrolling only.

Maximum Enrollment

Can support 18 yo, if they enroll before 18?

Yes

Certified to accept students with I-20 Visa (SEVIS)

Yes

What are the interview requirements for applicants?

Call for More Information

Religious Affiliation?

Yes

Please specify the type of religious affiliation

Traditional Christian Values

Billing & Payments

Cost per month/workshop/programming (in USD)

17500

What percentage of participants receiving funding from a state Adoption Assistance Programming?

What percentage participants who are Court Ordered?

What percentage of your participants are 'Private Pay'?

What percentage of your participants are funded by the School system? | FAPE / IDEA

What percentage of participants are 'State Funded' (example: medicaid)?

Is there an enrollment fee/outfitting fee/payment in advance?

Yes

If applicable, is the last month’s fees due at enrollment?

Yes

Insurance

Do your students receive insurance coverage for more than two weeks?

Yes

Do you have an insurance utilization person?

Contractor

in-network?

Levels of Care

Treatment Categories | Levels of Care

Residential Treatment

Residential Treatment - Christian

Residential Treatment - Mental Health

Accreditation

Professional Associations/Affiliations

National Association of Therapeutic Schools & Programs (Professional Member)

For licensed programs, by state or under 18, please select Incidents required to be reported to the state:

Elopement

Major Injury | Death

Academic Accreditation

Cognia Accreditation

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCSPA)

Other

Ownership

Ownership Type

Private Company

Name of Parent Company

Live Oak Behavioral Health Group, LLC

Facility Operations | Type of Land

Privately Owned

Who owns the land?

Live Oak Landing, LLC

Additional Professionals & Medical Rule Outs

Are there medical rule outs

Is there a minimum BMI

Can program accept insulin-dependent diabetics

Yes

Are there additional professionals?

Licensed Practical Nurse

Medical Doctor

Nurse Practitioner

Psychiatrist

Additional types of therapies

Other

Percentage of clients on meds at enrollment

< 50%

Clinical Operations

What is the largest caseload a therapist can have?

< 8

Percentage of licensed therapists?

All therapists are licensed by the state of operation

Average number of days/week therapist are with clients?

Number of Individual Sessions with Therapist

Do clinical assistants work with lead therapists?

Yes

Do any of the therapists have more than one case load?

Treatment Modalities

Types of Therapy Offered

12 Steps Groups

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Animal-Assisted Therapy

Behavior Modification

Behavior Tech Trained staff & Therapists

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills

Equine Assisted or Therapeutic Horse Back

Expressive Art Therapy

Eye Movement & Desensitization and Reprocessing

Hypnobehavioral Therapy

Narrative Therapy

Neuro Feedback

Psycho educational

Recreation Therapy

Other

Does the program have a level/phase system?

Yes

If yes, are phases/levels are they tied to privileges?

Call for more information

Does program have a milieu-driven residential model? (Staff are trained in model)

Yes

If yes -- select all that apply

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Family Teaching Model (offshoot of Boystown)

Positive Peer Culture (PPC)

Other

Integrated Wellness

N/A

Does program use time out rooms?

Family Involvement

HIGH: Family Expected on weekly calls (or more) & to attend all family workshops (weekly , monthly or quarterly)

Family involvement

MIDDLE: Family can opt in & out of their involvement based off the timing and current issues in treatment

What is the typical amount of time a family should expect before hearing about an major incident?

Type of Family Therapy/Work Offered

1 hour max call with therapist per week

Family Handbook

Flexible length of call with therapist per week

Parents Visit as Needed

Other

Therapy - Group

Is there group therapy?

Yes

Average number of hours per week facilitated by licensed therapist

Average number of hours per week of group processing? (i.e. run by staff, interns, grad students, etc.)

Average number of formal family therapy hours per week (not social calls to teen)

Is video conferencing accessible for family therapy?

Yes

Therapy - Individual

Is there individual therapy?

Yes, part of the program cost

Number of individual therapy hours student receives on a difficult week?

Number of individual therapy hours student receives on typical week?

Percentage of licensed therapists?

All therapists are licensed by the state of operation

Therapist average case load

Percentage of full time therapists who have a private practice outside a program?

Not Applicable

Does the Clinical Director carry a case load?

Staff

What percentage of the line staff are full time employees?

All

Line staff to student ratio during awake hours

Does program run background checks on all staff?

Yes

Is there an educational requirement for staff?

Yes

If Yes, what is it?

College Degree

Average number of hours staff are trained before their first shift

100

Are night staff awake or asleep

Awake

Programming

Dorm/Housing

Other

Neurodiverse Specialties

ADHD/ADD

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Clinically Complex (possible behavior, genetic, students "who are puzzles")

Mood Deregulation &/or Anxiety

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Speech & Language Disorders

Type of Programming Offered for Neurodiverse Students

Clinically-driven programming (addresses individual life, living, social and academic needs)

Academics

Type of Academic Calendar

Year Round School (either quarters, trimester, semesters)

Grades Served

K-12

Possible Community College/College

Can programming support a student to complete a GED?

Post high school options offered

Finish high school blended learning

Average student to teacher ratio

What does the Teaching/Classroom look like?

Packets with teacher support

Teachers support blended learning

Is the program able to implement IEP's

Yes

Can provider handle a student who is more than two grade level's behind in reading?

Yes

Can program support a student who wants vocational training?

Yes

Does the school have AP Classes or the ability to give or take a student to the AP Test?

Tests

Classes

Does the academic program have the ability to provide ACT or SAT Tutoring (on or off site)?

Yes

Transitions

Do you offer transition services for participants/students?

Yes

If Yes, select all options that apply to your program

Formal Transition To Another Therapist

Family Or Student Coaching Support For Certain Amount

Other

Are there additional fees that apply to transitional options?

Yes

Percentage of families that participate in various transition programming?

> 50%

Assessments

Does the client receive a neuropsychological evaluation?

Other

Who completes the psychological evaluation?

Multidisciplinary Team

Technology

Computer Access

N/A

Call for more information

Cell Phones

Not Allowed

Research

Percentage of clients who return home, or to a more traditional setting (like transitions to college or gap year, boarding school, etc.)

> 50%

Has the program previously been part of an evidence-based study?

Yes

Is the program presently part of an evidence-based study?

General Information

Admissions

Billing & Payments

Insurance

Levels of Care

Accreditation

Ownership

Additional Professionals & Medical Rule Outs

Clinical Operations

Treatment Modalities

Family Involvement

Therapy - Group

Therapy - Individual

Staff

Programming

Academics

Transitions

Assessments

Technology

Research

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